GRE Word List

SINECURE

an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income

The meaning of the word sinecure is an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income.

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replenishto fill or build up again
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profaneto treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate
wearyexhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
autocraticof, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute
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discomfitto put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert
acquittala setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process
accoutreto provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit